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	The Ant component is designed to bring the power of Ant and Eclipse together. 
	Ant is a Java based build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without 
	make's wrinkles. It exists independent of Eclipse as an <a target="_blank" href="http://ant.apache.org/" target="_top">Apache 
	open source project</a>. Integrating Ant into Eclipse means:
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	<li>Executing Ant buildfiles from Eclipse</li>
	<li>Enabling access to Eclipse resources/function from Ant buildfiles (i.e., 
		providing Ant tasks for Eclipse)</li>
	<li>Providing UI support for running Ant buildfiles and managing their output</li>
	<li>Providing Ant buildfile development facilities (e.g., buildfile editors, 
		debuggers, ...)</li>
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	The goal of this component is to make Eclipse's Ant tooling the environment 
	of choice for Ant users and support Eclipse-based developers in their 
	product build requirements.
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